Apparently, the IRS is trying to relate to the current generation. No, they’re not texting you – yet. But they are on YouTube. Here, Linda Stiff (acting IRS Commish – no jokes about her name) talks about rebate checks – apparently Alan Thicke was unavailable:
(Hat Tip: TaxProf blog)
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It’s nice that they’ve started using YouTube. Still though, 9000 hits in 10 days? That probably means it’s still not interesting enough for it to really go viral.
In all fairness, it’s the IRS. When was the last time anyone other than a tax blogger did a search for tax on YouTube? 🙂
how can you check to see if your check has been issued do you have a number or something